Louise Norlund

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Louise Nørlund born Beder, Denmark November 27, 1854 (d. 1919). Danish suffragist and pacifist teacher. Speaker of Danish Peace Society, wrote for its Peace magazine; delegate to International Women's Peace Congress, The Hague, 1915; founding member of WILPF, to which Danish Women's Peace Chain joined, 1916. Occupation by Danish and German troops in 1864 war inspired her anti-militarism.